Adrian’s LEJOG - the facts

Distance cycled : 975 miles

Total trip duration: 11 days 22 hours 15 minutes

Total saddle time: 80 hours 54 minutes

Average speed: 12.1 mph

Longest day: September 10th
Blackford, Cumbria to Drongan, Ayrshire
92.4 miles in 7:30

Road Traffic accidents: Nil

Flooded roads: Several around (you guessed)
Tenbury Wells where I stayed on September 6th and in Devon and Somerset.

Bee/wasp/hornet stings: 2

Other injuries: Lacerated calf from hawthorn hedge avoiding determined motorist on single track road in Cornwall.

Lost: Trying to find Oldbury on the Hill – a
village which does not exist.

Hills that I walked up: A833 out of Drumnadrochit - 15%.
A9 out of Berriedale - 13% but looked steeper to me!!

Sorest bit: The ball of my left thumb (but its
better now!)

Punctures: One – in the rain at Patterdale.

Best roads: Caithness – the extreme north of
Scotland.

Worst roads: Cheshire and north of England generally.

Friendliest places and people: The friends who put me up.
The B & B providers who all looked after me.
Scots generally but particularly:
The deli at Beauly,
Carricks of Carsphairn.

Best views: Watergate Bay from St.Agnes Beacon in Cornwall.
Glen Etive approaching Glencoe.

Most terrifying road: Runcorn Bridge and approaches –
there was a cycleway on the other side going the other way!?

Most important equipment: Altura waterproof jacket

Unused items: Sunscreen and neckerchief

Could not have done it Practical and emotional support
Without: from my family - Sue, Anna, Laura and Ruth – also Michael, Michaela, Dorian, Frances and Martin.
Advice from a few cyclist friends.
Knowing that I was “earning” £5 per mile or more.